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https://metro.co.uk/2020/02/28/eddie-hearn-slams-boxing-fans-illegally-streamed-tyson-fury-vs-deontay-wilder-12317587/ Eddie Hearn slams boxing fans who illegally streamed Tyson Fury vs Deontay Wilder Metro Sport Reporter Friday 28 Feb 2020 Eddie Hearn has slammed boxing fans who illegally streamed Tyson Fury’s victory against Deontay Wilder in Las Vegas on Saturday evening. The fight was one of the most highly anticipated contests in recent years following their thrilling and controversial draw in December 2018. According to reports, Fury’s rematch with Wilder received 750,000 pay-per-view buys in the United States, which is the highest rate for a heavyweight fight through since Lennox Lewis versus Mike Tyson in 2002. To watch the fight in the United States, the pay-per-view price was $79.99 (£62) and many boxing fans turned to illegal streams to catch the action. But Hearn, who promotes Anthony Joshua and works closely with Sky Sports and DAZN, an subscription-based sports streaming service, believes those who rely on illegal streams are taking money from the two fighters in the ring. Tyson Fury's win over Deontay Wilder received 750,000 pay-per-view buys in the United States. ‘One of the problems is, there is so many illegal streams now when the price becomes unbearable to the customer,’ Hearn told IFL TV. ‘One thing I’ll tell you about illegal streams is people think that it’s clever, it’s illegal by the way, that’s why it’s called an illegal stream, but people think it’s clever… you’re taking money out of the fighters’ pockets. ‘On pay per views the money goes to the fighters. Don’t think it’s affecting me, because it’s not. It might be a tiny bit but not what it’s affecting the fighter. ‘The thing about illegal streams is if you’re price point is £19.99, with the undercard you’ve got to give value for five or six hours for the night. ‘You’ve got to sell to the customer an experience where you sit down, you can watch world championship boxing, great young fighters, 50-50 fights, and then build to the main event. ‘Not there’s a main event and I don’t even know who’s on the undercard. ‘So when it’s £19.99 you can say to the customer, sit down, it’s great value all night, you’re going to watch it in beautiful in high definition without some thing popping up, and you can enjoy the show. ‘When it’s £65 or £60 like an American pay-per-view it’s going to encourage illegal streaming because that’s a lot of money. ‘I would believe the illegal streams for that particular show were through the roof because people don’t want to pay £65 any more, they are sick and tired of it. ‘What DAZN are doing with a £99 annual subscription, that’s virtually what you’re paying for one pay-per-view night otherwise. I think more and more people are trying to stream. ‘On the illegal streams, just understand that you’re actually depriving the fighter of money, but more importantly at £19.95 do you really want to fire up an illegal stream where it keeps popping off and the stream is behind and actually you’re watching something that happened four minutes ago? ‘No one wants to pay the money, I understand that. Boxing fans don’t want to pay £20 for a show but that’s how it is.’

Canelo beat GGG so bad GGG had to fire his trainer because he became Canelo's number 1 fan. https://www.badlefthook.com/2019/11/4/20948754/abel-sanchez-among-those-who-consider-canelo-no-1-p4p-boxing-news-interview

Kathy Duva told reporters that Kovalev will not be at the post fight press conference because he was sent to the hospital to get checked out.

Ryan Garcia and Romero Duno Face-Off Interview ahead of their fight Saturday night + Ryan Interviews Logan Paul about his rematch with KSI on DAZN https://i.imgur.com/RrWbLFn.jpg https://www.facebook.com/GoldenBoyFN/videos/2484829095176203/

DAZN struck a deal with Pluto TV last week and Snapchat today. https://www.sportsvideo.org/2019/10/28/dazn-to-deliver-more-original-content-to-snapchat/ DAZN to Deliver More Original Content to Snapchat Social app's Discover page to feature more original programming for the streaming organization By Brandon Costa, Director of Digital Monday, October 28, 2019 DAZN continues to expands its digital content portfolio announcing on Monday that it has struck a partnership with the popular social media app Snapchat to deliver custom video to its Discover page. As part of the partnership, DAZN will produce two new shows that surround some of the streaming company’s exclusive boxing events. They will also heavily program their Our Story page with exclusive content from those live events. “DAZN Fight Week” is expected to premier on Snapchat’s Discover page in the United States beginning on Monday with new episodes will appearing every day in the week leading up to the Canelo Alvarez-Sergey Kovalev bout on November 2. “DAZN Fight Night,” meanwhile, will premiere on November 2 and spotlight real-time highlights (the first time a show on Snapchat will have in-progress boxing highlights) and a complete recap of the week in fight sports. “The DAZN Snapchat slate will bring fight fans closer to the action while allowing us to showcase the sport to an entirely new audience,” Jamie Horowitz, EVP Content for DAZN North America said in a company release on Monday. “These Shows were specifically developed to leverage the Snapchat platform and highlight the sport’s most thrilling moments. Viewers can expect everything from quick cut highlights on fight night to exclusive access from a fighter’s locker room moments before a bout.” According to the release, “DAZN Fight Week” and “DAZN Fight Night” will immediately continue in the week leading up to KSI vs. Logan Paul 2 – a rematch of the two YouTube personalities on November 9 – with new episodes airing beginning November 4. Also, coverage on DAZN’s Our Story page will debut on November 9 and feature user-generated content and broadcast-quality highlights.

https://www.multichannel.com/news/dazn-to-launch-fight-series-pluto-tv DAZN to Launch Fight Series on Pluto TV ‘DAZN Fight Zone’ to debut on Pluto TV Fight channel R. Thomas Umstead Oct 23, 2019 Sports streaming service DAZN will look to expand its reach with a new weekly series launching on streaming service Pluto TV beginning Oct. 24. The weekly, three-hour series, DAZN Fight Zone, will stream on Pluto TV’s Fight channel and will feature original content surrounding its upcoming marquee fights as well as archived classic fights. In addition, Pluto TV will program fight week events from open workouts to press conferences and fight weigh-ins, according to network officials. Among the original shows set to air on DAZN Fight Zone is the special 40 Days: Canelo vs. Kovalev, executive produced by LeBron James, Maverick Carter and Carlos Vela, which will profile the Nov. 2 Canelo Alvarez-Sergey Kovalev light heavyweight fight. DAZN executive vice president North America Joseph Markowski said that the deal allows DAZN to showcase its fight archive and original fight programming outside of the service’s monthly $19.99 pay wall, a strategy that he says has paid dividends for the service internationally. “WE are an OTT service first and foremost, but we need to provide our content outside of our four walls to grow our brand and to drive sports fans back to our service,” he said. “We will be producing content especially for Pluto featuring our marquee fighters to the Pluto audience.” The deal comes as DAZN prepares to offer several marquee fights over the next two months including the Oct. 26 Regis Prograis-Josh Taylor WBA super lightweight championship; the Nov. 2 Canelo Alvarez-Sergey Kovalev light heavyweight championship; the Nov. 7 Naoya Inoue-Nonito Donaire bantamweight championship; the Nov. 9 KSI-Logan Paul II boxing event; and the Dec. 7 Andy Ruiz-Anthony Joshua II heavyweight championship. “We’re able to put DAZN content in front of the paywall, which allows us to grow our brand and drive people to our key upcoming events,” Markowski said. He added that DAZN will look to partner with other content distributors across a number of platforms in an effort to gain exposure for the brand. “This fall, DAZN has the best possible schedule in boxing and we’ll be looking to send that message across as many channels as possible,” Markowski said.

Compubox stats Ortiz 115 out of 332 total punches landed 24 out of 151 jabs landed 91 out of 181 power punches landed Orozco 57 out of 323 total punches landed 9 out of 99 jabs landed 48 out of 224 power punches landed

Gervonta Davis-Nunez Averages 553K Viewers on Showtime EDIT: Showtime Undercard fight Ratings Corrales-Miller drew 277K viewers Gamboa-Martinez drew 452K viewers The entire Showtime broadcast averaged about 360K viewers

According to Rick Glaser It has now been confirmed to yours truly that the Original ESPN Fatman Dan Rafael will definitely not get his contract renewed by ESPN on his current contract concludes. The handwriting was on the wall when ESPN hired well known writer Steve Kim, and ESPN.com dropped Rafael's Friday Chat that was weekly, claiming the software was out of date, which was just an excuse. So once he is nolonger at ESPN, Rafael will now just be simply "the Fatman"

Just 880K viewers once again dead last in network tv ratings once again setting a new low for the Series. 3 of the last 4 PBC on FOX cards have set at the time the alltime low mark for the PBC on FOX series. http://mmapayout.com/2019/07/pbc-on-fox-saturday-draws-880000-viewers/ PBC on Fox Saturday draws 880,000 viewers July 22, 2019 PBC on Fox Saturday night drew 880,000 viewers in fast overnight ratings per Television By Numbers. The 2-hour event which supplemented the Fox PPV featuring Pacquiao-Thurman drew a 0.2 share in the A18-49 demo and a 2 share. The telecast on Fox was last in overall viewership when compared to the other 3 networks of ABC, NBC and CBS. A rerun of Shark Tank on ABC drew nearly 2 million viewers on Saturday night in the 8-9pm timeframe while a rerun on Dateline NBC drew 2.47 million viewers in the 9-10pm hour. PBC on Fox featured Caleb Plant and Mike Lee in the feature bout of the telecast. Plant took care of Lee in the 3rd round. 2019 PBC on Fox (fast nationals) July 880,000 June (Sunday) 1.007M May 1.21M April 1.01M March 1.34M February 1.26M January 1.72M Payout Perspective: It’s a little surprising that Saturday’s Fox event drew less than a million viewers in fast nationals despite it being a lead-in to a Pacquiao fight. Also, Caleb Plant has been a fighter that PBC has been pushing. He had an impressive victory yet it appears that less people tuned in.

Compared to past era's did last night prove today's Welterweight division is weak as phuk? Old pacquiao 40 showed flashes but he ain't the same guy hell he flat out gassed out the second half of the fight and he was still able to drop and beat Thurman who like it or not is one of the top guys today at Welterweight. lol I think it's an indictment on the division and shows how weak it is. Imagine if it was prime Manny he merks Thurman even worst. His era with Floyd, Cotto, Margarito, Paul Williams destory today's WW's. The era before that with Oscar, Trinidad, Mosley, Whittaker runs today's ruff shot over guys today.

https://www.badlefthook.com/2019/7/19/20701281/canelo-alvarez-next-fight-postponed-trouble-promoter-oscar-de-la-hoya-golden-boy-dazn-boxing That subject was speculated about by writer Lance Pugmire and Mike Coppinger, who on their first Athletic podcast spoke on the possible beef between Oscar De La Hoya and Canelo Alvarez. DAZN paid GBP to put on bouts, “to help boost its stable,” and “apparently Canelo has been irked by how much money DAZN gave Golden Boy Promotions,” the former LA Times journo Pugmire stated. At a press luncheon, Pugmire said he saw Oscar and Eric Gomez come into the room, after being talked to by Canelo, dressed down. They looked shaken, he shared. “There’s rumors that Canelo and Oscar aren’t even talking right now,” said Pugmire. “Where there’s smoke, there’s fire,” said Coppinger, part of the sports web platform’s three-headed coverage crew, along with Rafe Bartholomew and Pugmire. He clarified that this chatter is indeed more chatter than reported and confirmed facts. So, what about it, I asked Gomez — what about the luncheon where Canelo gave Oscar and Eric the business? Is it so that the Mexican top dog and the promoter are not on the same page right now? He laughed. Did that happen, then? ”Never,” said Gomez. “Fake news.” So, Oscar and Canelo are getting along OK, then? ”Always,” said Gomez. “We just spent two days with Canelo, Monday and Tuesday.” I told you MotorCity not to run with BS Pugmire says. He's a know Golden boy hater who has been caught lying too many times to count. He does a podcast on wed making up a story that didn't happen then says Oscar and Canelo aren't even talking anymore yet they hung out Monday and Tues this week. LMAO

PBC on FS1 James vs Demarco Avgs 234K Viewers

ESPN Shakur Stevenson vs Guevara card Avgs 530K viewers

Part of a large Bloomberg story on DAZN this morning talking about how they are going after the NFL Sunday ticket package. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-08/billionaire-blavatnik-wants-a-piece-of-america-s-biggest-sport Baseball Push DAZN’s U.S. push began when it won rights to 100 boxing matches a year and it’s been streaming fights since December. In April it added Major League Baseball with coverage that excludes live games but takes viewers to all the major ball parks for updates. Baseball has brought it thousands of new subscribers, according to a person familiar with the company’s plans, who asked not to be identified discussing internal figures. Sports business commentator Yannick Ramcke said while baseball hasn’t driven meaningful subscription growth for DAZN, it has allowed the company to strike up relationships with major sports leagues before the next live rights come up for sale. “You don’t just show up at the table and get your hands on them,” said Ramcke, who writes the offthefieldbusiness.de blog. DAZN has grown by offering streamed sports for less than the prices typically charged by traditional pay-TV broadcasters. That’s brought it more than 4 million subscribers globally, of which around 1.2 million are in the U.S. Local sports streaming platform ESPN+, owned by Disney, has around 2 million subscribers.

Charlo-Adams Averages 379K Viewers on Showtime Edit: Co-Main Lubin vs Attou drew 262K viewers. Marrero fight first of the triple header tracked outside of the Nielsen TV ratings Cable top 150 charts so I can't find those numbers. How will Keith Idec try and inflate and spin these numbers? Tune in later today when he releases his article to find out LMAO

This isn't new with the WBC created brand new rules and exceptions so a champ doesn't have to fight a mandatory. Remember what they did with Floyd? They let Floyd hold BOTH the WBC 147 and WBC 154 titles at the same time while he never defended either against a mandatory. Floyd basically went almost a 8 year stretch in his career without fighting a single mandatory for any belt org. He picked his opponents and either retired for a year or 2 to not face them or dumped the belts or both the WBA and WBC refused to order one. But the WBC took it one step further allowing a man to hold both their belts not defending either the 147 or 154 version against a mandatory. Then to avoid stripping him of the 154 belt when he was fighting strictly at 147 and not defending the 154 belt they did the most unthinkable. They sanctioned Floyd's rematch with Maidana to include the WBC 154 championship. Why is this crazy? Because not only was Floyd holding this 154lb belt hostage by not fighting at that weight and his first fight with Maidana and the immediate rematch were scheduled fights at the 147lb limit. How can a belt for 154 be on the line in a welterweight fight? lol Had Maidana won that rematch he would of been the Jr Middleweight champ of the world having NEVER fought his entire career above welterweight limit LMAO Floyd NEVER fought a WBC mandatory or was even ordered one for any weight class despite holding WBC belts from 2011 until 2015. Canelo has held the WBC belt for exactly 9 months and they created this stupid Franchise Champ status freeing him up to do what they did with Floyd which is give him a lifetime pass to fight whoever he wants without the burden of a mandatory lol

This is the worst overnight rating for PBC on FOX series since their deal last year. It did a overnight rating of 1.005 Dead last of the 4 major networks only CW did worse http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Fast-Demo-2019-Jun-23.SUN_.png Here is a comparison for what FOX and the other 4 major networks did last Sunday. http://www.showbuzzdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Final-Bcast-2019-Jun-16.SUN_.png

https://www.mobilemarketer.com/news/sensor-tower-dazn-bests-espn-with-115m-in-may-app-store-revenue/557145/ Sensor Tower: DAZN bests ESPN with $11.5M in May app store revenue By Robert Williams Published June 19, 2019 Brief: Subscription video service DAZN last month was the top-grossing sports app worldwide with about $11.5 million in user spending, 9.5 times as much as a year earlier, per a Sensor Tower study. Thirty-seven percent of that revenue came from the U.S., followed by 6.5% from Japan. ESPN's user spending grew 5.6 times to reach $4.7 million, making it the second-highest-grossing sports app worldwide. Seventy-four percent of revenue came from the U.S., followed by Canada at 1.6%. MLB at Bat, NBA and onX Hunt rounded out the top five sports apps by revenue worldwide for the month. Apple's App Store drove most of the revenue for the top 100 app publishers during Q1, a separate Sensor Tower report found. The top 100 iOS apps made an average of $83.4 million while the Android ones earned $51 million. Insight: Sensor Tower's ranking of sports apps indicates that newer brands like DAZN can gain a strong following among mobile users, rivaling more established brands like ESPN and Fox Sports. DAZN's growth is being noticed by advertisers, as Nike is collaborating with the service on traditional ads and custom content in Germany during the FIFA Women's World Cup. DAZN has previously attempted to tap into sports fans' shifting viewing habits by offer advertisers new opportunities for reaching viewers outside of traditional TV ad buys that can feel repetitive and overwhelming to fans watching live games. The ad-free service last year looked to obtain digital rights to major U.S. sports and introduce new ad models, according to The Wall Street Journal.